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''Robin Hood's mile'' is a mile considerably longer than the reconized length, perhaps even, as Dobson & Taylor suggest, "a mile of several times the recognized length".<ref>{{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, p. 291.</ref> Presumably this expression has itrs background in exaggerated claims about Robin Hood's flight shooting abilities.
''<section begin=proverb />Robin Hood's mile<section end=proverb />'' is a mile considerably longer than the reconized length, perhaps even, as Dobson & Taylor suggest, "a mile of several times the recognized length".<ref>{{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, p. 291.</ref> Presumably this expression has itrs background in exaggerated claims about Robin Hood's flight shooting abilities.
 
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Latest revision as of 12:42, 8 January 2021

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-10-16. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-08.

Robin Hood's mile is a mile considerably longer than the reconized length, perhaps even, as Dobson & Taylor suggest, "a mile of several times the recognized length".[1] Presumably this expression has itrs background in exaggerated claims about Robin Hood's flight shooting abilities.

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